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H-i-f u u Volume 40 j umber 5 1 4A V ; iv .. . - LZZ J J . .w - cllzi i J Cr j OGDEN UTAH 1) CONTROVERSY erupted at Union Station early yesterday morning when Reverend Robert L. Harris argued with Reverend Robert Waldrop over the "Gay Freedom Train's stop in Ogden. See related story, page 3. Photo by Rod Boani. Senate investigates costs of text books at WSC The WSC bookstore is a nonprofit organization, yet, according to Scott Adamson, ASWSC Academic Vice President, it had a net profit of $45,000 last year. Adamson said that a study of over 200 titles state-wide showed that the cost of test books at Weber is 20 to 50 per cent higher than anywhere else in the state. As a result of these discrepancies the 1979-80 ASWSC Academic Senate . set the investigation into the high cost of textbooks as one of its first priority goals. Action has now been taken to the student Executive Council with resolution 80-1. This resolution calls for faculty cooperation in keeping textbook costs down and adherence to current WSC policy WEBER STATE COLLEGE Weber State College Ogden, Utah a r """"'J",!l" " - -v- ! 1 1 I 1 1 'f W fi? on textbooks. The policy calls for minimizing textbook costs, using common texts for classes with multiple sections, making expensive texts available to students in the library, giving official notice of any requirement changes available to the bookstore and the Signpost, and also the posting of a list with the required texts in the bookstore. Adamson said the resolution was issued to encourage President Brady to issue a memorandum to the faculty, for "there just isn't professor awareness. Several sections of the policy they're ignoring." The Academic Senate is investigating the book lease program currently in use at the University of Wisconsin as a n October 12, 1979 possible alternative at Weber. Adamson says the lease program allows students to lease a book at the beginning of the quarter but they also would have the option to buy. Another possibility being looked at is establishing a reserve library holding all the texts in use on campus. This would be set up with student funds and donations. A third option, on which Adamson says there is no research available as yet, is a student-run bookstore cooperative. . "Hopefully we'll see the wheels in motion before the year is over. It is not a simple process," he said. "We'd like to maintain a proper balance between academic excellence and frugality." 1 Employees speak out against firing By Beverly Taggart Editor's Note: this is the first of a two part series or Skills Center North. Why were employees at Skills Center North told there was no immediate danger of personnel cuts, and then two weeks later, 22 people were terminated at the center? Center Director Brent Wallis said the obvious reason why 22 people out of 90 had to go was no money. "What has happened was there was a reduction in federal funding in excess of $150,000," he said. "And on top of that, there was Gov. Matheson's 4 percent budget cut order." Before the terminations, Acting Supervisor Michael Bouwhuis, said management at the center told him there was no danger of personnel cuts because Skills Center North is a part of Weber State College, and the college was going to cut their budget 4 percent. "They had expressed to me there was not going to be any budget cuts," he said, "so I went into a staff meeting and told the employees that no one would be laid off. But then two weeks later, 22 people lost their jobs. I don't know what happened.' Director Wallis said, "I don't know what he's talking about." when asked, to explain further Wallis again said he didn't know what Bouwhuis was talking about, and suggested the acting supervisor say who in management told him there would be no layoffs. When Bouwhuis was contacted again, he then said the information he had first given was "inaccurate" and what he had really told the employees during the staff meeting as there would be terminations as a result of the governor's budget cut order. However,' employees who were terminated last month said during the staff meeting Bouwhuis did say there was no immediate danger of personnel cuts. They also expressed concern because they say that the termination process was unfair and there "still is a lot of unanswered questions." The only two counselors with master's degrees were laid off while counselors still at the center have bachelor's degrees. Charles Bennett, a counselor with a master's degree who was laid off, said he was terminated because of seniority but noted the selection process was "really strange." He said he was told during a staff meeting two weeks before he was laid off there "was no immediate danger of personnel cuts." "I don't think they have good Tickets go on sale today for the Nov. 3 Tom Scott concert in the Browning Center Austad auditorium. . The concert, sponsored by ASWSC and Creative Concerts, starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6.50 and $7.50 with a $1 discount for students, faculty and staff. With I.D. Only tickets purchased at the Union Building information desk will receive this discount. Tickets are also on sale at Odyssey Records and Hill Air Force Base. management," he said. They are out to cover themselves. "No one will confront the director and all people hired at the center are yes men, which gets in the way of education." "When you surround yourself with yes men, you can't be productive," Bennett noted. "It's counter productive when management never changes and it's the kids who are suffering." Bennett said the administration refer to themselves "as a company" and "instead of helping the staff and the education, they're out to help the company." "They are more concerned with the company policy like it was a big business or something, instead of the educational aspect of the center," he added. Jean Oscilia, also a counselor with a master's degree who was terminated because of senority said she also attended the meeting when Bouwhuis said there was "no immediate danger of personnel cuts." "The director tried to get the college (WSC) to agree also to qualifications," she said. "But the college said that would be too tricky and it had to be the lowest people on the totem pole who had to go." "I think if there was any way possible, the director would have kept us on to add credibility to the school with well qualified employees," she added. However, the director said the center decided how and who would be terminated; not WSC. "The basic criteria for a counselor is one with a master's degree but it is not mandatory," he said. "When it comes between senority and qualifications, the fairest is senority,." Wallis explained the senority termination process was that of determination. "For example, the director continued, "the wielding staff consisted of three employees and one had to be let go on the basis of seniority even if someone in carpentry had less senority. It was a basis of need in each program and department with senority." Inside today Letters to the editor. . page 4 Sports page 6 Coming up . . . A feature on the Learning Center

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H-i-f u u Volume 40 j umber 5 1 4A V ; iv .. . - LZZ J J . .w - cllzi i J Cr j OGDEN UTAH 1) CONTROVERSY erupted at Union Station early yesterday morning when Reverend Robert L. Harris argued with Reverend Robert Waldrop over the "Gay Freedom Train's stop in Ogden. See related story, page 3. Photo by Rod Boani. Senate investigates costs of text books at WSC The WSC bookstore is a nonprofit organization, yet, according to Scott Adamson, ASWSC Academic Vice President, it had a net profit of $45,000 last year. Adamson said that a study of over 200 titles state-wide showed that the cost of test books at Weber is 20 to 50 per cent higher than anywhere else in the state. As a result of these discrepancies the 1979-80 ASWSC Academic Senate . set the investigation into the high cost of textbooks as one of its first priority goals. Action has now been taken to the student Executive Council with resolution 80-1. This resolution calls for faculty cooperation in keeping textbook costs down and adherence to current WSC policy WEBER STATE COLLEGE Weber State College Ogden, Utah a r """"'J",!l" " - -v- ! 1 1 I 1 1 'f W fi? on textbooks. The policy calls for minimizing textbook costs, using common texts for classes with multiple sections, making expensive texts available to students in the library, giving official notice of any requirement changes available to the bookstore and the Signpost, and also the posting of a list with the required texts in the bookstore. Adamson said the resolution was issued to encourage President Brady to issue a memorandum to the faculty, for "there just isn't professor awareness. Several sections of the policy they're ignoring." The Academic Senate is investigating the book lease program currently in use at the University of Wisconsin as a n October 12, 1979 possible alternative at Weber. Adamson says the lease program allows students to lease a book at the beginning of the quarter but they also would have the option to buy. Another possibility being looked at is establishing a reserve library holding all the texts in use on campus. This would be set up with student funds and donations. A third option, on which Adamson says there is no research available as yet, is a student-run bookstore cooperative. . "Hopefully we'll see the wheels in motion before the year is over. It is not a simple process," he said. "We'd like to maintain a proper balance between academic excellence and frugality." 1 Employees speak out against firing By Beverly Taggart Editor's Note: this is the first of a two part series or Skills Center North. Why were employees at Skills Center North told there was no immediate danger of personnel cuts, and then two weeks later, 22 people were terminated at the center? Center Director Brent Wallis said the obvious reason why 22 people out of 90 had to go was no money. "What has happened was there was a reduction in federal funding in excess of $150,000," he said. "And on top of that, there was Gov. Matheson's 4 percent budget cut order." Before the terminations, Acting Supervisor Michael Bouwhuis, said management at the center told him there was no danger of personnel cuts because Skills Center North is a part of Weber State College, and the college was going to cut their budget 4 percent. "They had expressed to me there was not going to be any budget cuts," he said, "so I went into a staff meeting and told the employees that no one would be laid off. But then two weeks later, 22 people lost their jobs. I don't know what happened.' Director Wallis said, "I don't know what he's talking about." when asked, to explain further Wallis again said he didn't know what Bouwhuis was talking about, and suggested the acting supervisor say who in management told him there would be no layoffs. When Bouwhuis was contacted again, he then said the information he had first given was "inaccurate" and what he had really told the employees during the staff meeting as there would be terminations as a result of the governor's budget cut order. However,' employees who were terminated last month said during the staff meeting Bouwhuis did say there was no immediate danger of personnel cuts. They also expressed concern because they say that the termination process was unfair and there "still is a lot of unanswered questions." The only two counselors with master's degrees were laid off while counselors still at the center have bachelor's degrees. Charles Bennett, a counselor with a master's degree who was laid off, said he was terminated because of seniority but noted the selection process was "really strange." He said he was told during a staff meeting two weeks before he was laid off there "was no immediate danger of personnel cuts." "I don't think they have good Tickets go on sale today for the Nov. 3 Tom Scott concert in the Browning Center Austad auditorium. . The concert, sponsored by ASWSC and Creative Concerts, starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6.50 and $7.50 with a $1 discount for students, faculty and staff. With I.D. Only tickets purchased at the Union Building information desk will receive this discount. Tickets are also on sale at Odyssey Records and Hill Air Force Base. management," he said. They are out to cover themselves. "No one will confront the director and all people hired at the center are yes men, which gets in the way of education." "When you surround yourself with yes men, you can't be productive," Bennett noted. "It's counter productive when management never changes and it's the kids who are suffering." Bennett said the administration refer to themselves "as a company" and "instead of helping the staff and the education, they're out to help the company." "They are more concerned with the company policy like it was a big business or something, instead of the educational aspect of the center," he added. Jean Oscilia, also a counselor with a master's degree who was terminated because of senority said she also attended the meeting when Bouwhuis said there was "no immediate danger of personnel cuts." "The director tried to get the college (WSC) to agree also to qualifications," she said. "But the college said that would be too tricky and it had to be the lowest people on the totem pole who had to go." "I think if there was any way possible, the director would have kept us on to add credibility to the school with well qualified employees," she added. However, the director said the center decided how and who would be terminated; not WSC. "The basic criteria for a counselor is one with a master's degree but it is not mandatory," he said. "When it comes between senority and qualifications, the fairest is senority,." Wallis explained the senority termination process was that of determination. "For example, the director continued, "the wielding staff consisted of three employees and one had to be let go on the basis of seniority even if someone in carpentry had less senority. It was a basis of need in each program and department with senority." Inside today Letters to the editor. . page 4 Sports page 6 Coming up . . . A feature on the Learning Center